McCain's new VP is...

[Rev_D21]

Exactly. McCain is the dragons head. Take him down(attack ads and what have you) and the rest will follow.

[96Qowner]

I absolutely love to see Democrats compare Palin to Obama.

[Cold_Zero]

I want to see the Palin and Biden debates. I want to see an articulate supporter of the NRA (Life Time Member) go after his gun grabbing policies.

[OriginalWheelman]

And she's already under investigation for abuse of power, this country is doomed.

If she abuses power then the Hillary supporters should be all for her. After all, Clinton abused the NO real power she had as first lady to not get health care reformed. She's abused the power of the Senate seat to launch her bid for the president. I just wish the people in my state would get a clue and vote her useless *** out of office.

[OriginalWheelman]

He's a cross-dresser though. I'd hate for him to be caught in the act during a terrorlst attack and have to address the nation dressed as a woman.

The guy can do whatever he wants in his private life. Who cares. Bottom line is he is good at his job. If it were up to me it would be illegal to report on the personal lives of public figures unless it's felony or higher.

[srellim234]

Original- I agree with you. I heard some idiot reporter today trying to make a big issue out of the fact that she received a couple of speeding tickets in the last year. BFD.

[srellim234]

I do, however, have a problem with her claim today that she opposed the "Bridge to Nowhere." She was a big fan of it until she got whatever votes she could gain out of it, then turned it down after she was elected and it became a publicity fiasco. This article from 2006:

http://www.juneauempire.com/st...shtml

[AZhitman]

McCains VP choice...very inexperienced!

And yet, still more experience and accomplishments as an elected official than the DNC candidate for president.

Hmmmm.

[rn79870]

And yet, still more experience and accomplishments as an elected official than the DNC candidate for president.

Hmmmm.

Yep, she was an officer in the PTA, the mayor of a town with 7000 residents, and Governor of a state with the population of 670,000 people, which happens to be half of San Diego's 1,311,162. Yep, she's heavy on the experience thing.

[rn79870]

Original- I agree with you. I heard some idiot reporter today trying to make a big issue out of the fact that she received a couple of speeding tickets in the last year. BFD.

Actually, the fact that she accepted them instead of trying to use her position to avoid them (if in fact she did) speaks well for her, however, a "couple" of tickets for speeding shows a pretty careless person if you asked me.

[srellim234]

rn- you have to admit it's pretty ridiculous to try to say someone isn't qualified to be Vice President because she has a couple of recent speeding tickets.

She turned down the chauffer paid for by the taxpayers and drove herself. She accepted and paid the tickets. In Alaska she could have well gotten them in the middle of nowhere. I don't know. But if we're going to start disqualifying candidates because they're poor drivers we're in even worse trouble as an electorate than I thought.

[szh]

Actually, the fact that she accepted them instead of trying to use her position to avoid them (if in fact she did) speaks well for her, however, a "couple" of tickets for speeding shows a pretty careless person if you asked me.

Getting a couple of speeding tickets makes her ineligible to be Governor? Or Vice-President?

That is a pretty minor thing to hold against her, don't you think? People would really be grasping at a pretty minor straw to make an issue of this.

Z

[rn79870]

I agree it's a very minor thing, and in reality, the VP typically gets driven around.

However, that doesn't change the fact that she operated a deadly weapon in a careless manner when she should have been setting an example otherwise.

[srellim234]

You'd be hard-pressed to find anyone that squeaky clean, though.

Maybe she was speeding in the middle of nowhere hunting moose with her Pontiac?

[rn79870]

Very true. What happens in the biggest state with a population under 700,000 isn't necessarily what we expect in the lower 48.

[szh]

I agree it's a very minor thing, and in reality, the VP typically gets driven around.

However, that doesn't change the fact that she operated a deadly weapon in a careless manner when she should have been setting an example otherwise.

Wow! And what is basis for this charge here?

BTW, just how did you discover it was a careless manner?

Z

[szh]

Very true. What happens in the biggest state with a population under 700,000 isn't necessarily what we expect in the lower 48.

And I, for one, am damn glad of that. Thank the Lord we still have some pristine, clean country ... and ethical people who live and work there ... and who we can draw from when needed!

Z

[AZhitman]

The straw-grasping here is epic.

Not only is she careless for having 5 kids (idiotic thinking), but now a couple speeding tickets make her questionable?

So, because she was a Governor of a less-populated state, she's less experienced?

Can't have it both ways - Experience and judgement either matters or it doesn't. And the Obama camp has NO room to judge in either matter.

Which state was BO the Governor of?

[AZhitman]

...just as I suspected.

[themadscientist]

state of denial?state of confusion?